COSHH: Check Before You Use It
Included with TrainMeUK — no separate course purchase required.
Recognise hazardous substances, understand how they get in, and use the controls that keep exposure down.
- Assign to
- All staff
- Duration
- 30 minutes
- Evidence
- 10-question quiz
- Your version
- Editable
What they will be able to do
- Recognise substances that are hazardous to health, including dusts and fumes.
- Name the four routes into the body.
- Follow the COSHH assessment, label and safety data sheet.
- Respond to a spill, splash or symptoms, and report it.
The course
- 01What counts
- 02How it gets in
- 03The controls
- 04When it goes wrong
The decision they practise
In “Callum and Dawn”, a face-to-face conversation, learners practise what to say and do when the other person pushes back. The wrong options are things a well-meaning person might genuinely say, and the feedback explains why each one is tempting. Short animations show “What builds up in a small room” and “How an unlabelled bottle hurts someone”.
How you know they finished
The 10-question quiz mixes multiple choice, matching and sequencing questions and returns to the opening story.
Roll it out with
Relevant legislation and guidance
The course draws on these. Which ones apply depends on the organisation and the role. Finishing the course is a training record.
- Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH)
- Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
- Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
How this course is built
Interactive activity
Learners practise the decision in the course, including what to say when someone pushes back.
Edit it in the builder
On Growth and above, adapt the scenarios and wording to your own workplace, policies and reporting procedures.
A record they finished
The 10-question quiz closes the course, so you can show who completed it.
Related courses
TrainMeUK course library
Ready to make COSHH easier?
Give your team access to practical, interactive training, with automated assignments, reminders and completion records managed in one place.